Easy Graham Cracker Crust Recipe

Overhead view of a smooth crust made from a homemade graham cracker crust recipe.

Easy Graham Cracker Crust Recipe

Skip the stale, store-bought crusts and make your own! My graham cracker crust recipe takes 5 minutes to make and can be used for both pies and cheesecakes.

This recipe will work for a 9" pie pan or a 9-10" springform pan

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Total Time 5

Servings crust

Calories 1375kcal

Author Sam Merritt

Equipment

Mixing bowl

Ingredients

1 ½ cups (170 g) graham cracker crumbs (or 11 graham cracker sheets pulverized to crumbs in a food processor)
2 Tablespoons sugar
1 Tablespoons brown sugar packed
7 Tablespoons (100 g) butter melted

Instructions

Pulverize graham crackers in food processor until finely ground into crumbs (skip this step if starting with graham cracker crumbs).
1 ½ cups (170 g) graham cracker crumbs
Stir together graham cracker crumbs and sugars in a medium-sized bowl. Add melted butter and use a fork to combine ingredients well until crumbs are all moistened.
2 Tablespoons sugar, 1 Tablespoons brown sugar, 7 Tablespoons (100 g) butter
Pour mixture into pie plate or springform pan. Use the (clean!) bottom of a measuring cup to firmly pack crumbs into the bottom of the pan and (if using a pie pan) gently press up the sides. Use your fingers to pack crumbs tightly into the sides of the pie pan.
If the crust needs to be pre-baked, bake on 350F (175C) for 10-13 minutes and allow to cool before filling. If using this crust as part of a different recipe, bake according to your recipe's instructions. If this crust is for a no-bake recipe, refrigerate or freeze for 10-20 minutes before filling.

Video

Notes

Sugar

You can substitute more granulated sugar if you do not have brown.

Video note

I accidentally say the wrong oven temperature in the video. Always follow my written recipe.

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